Description
Toyota’s sustained growth attracts the attention of economists and industrialists around the world eager to learn the secrets of Toyota’s lasting success.
In Inside the Mind of Toyota: Management Principles for Enduring Growth, Satoshi Hino examines the source of Toyota’s strength: the fundamental thinking and management structures that lie beneath the creation of its famed Toyota Production System.
From the perspective of a professional with 30 years experience in the auto industry, Hino presents a fresh and detailed analysis of Toyota’s essential management system, from its very beginnings into the 21st century.
Feature
The book :
• Presents a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the Toyota management philosophy.
• Clarifies the mechanisms used to transmit its winning system from generation to generation.
• Gives a historical perspective on the structural anatomy of Toyota’s management foundation.
• Provides analysis emphasizing research, product planning, design, and development functions.
• The ultimate goal is not simply to mimic Toyota’s formula, but to learn from it and, in doing so, surpass it.
Contents
Foreword
Translator’s Foreword
Preface to the English-Language Edition
Introduction
Chapter 1 : Toyota’s Genes and DNA
Chapter 2 : The Toyota Paradigm
Chapter 3 : Toyota’s System to Management Functions
Chapter 4 : Toyota’s System of Production Functions
Chapter 5 : Product Power and Brand Power
Chapter 6 : Toyota Management in the 21st Century
Index
About the Author
